A Comparison between Lime and Alkaline Hydrogen Peroxide Pretreatments of Sugarcane Bagasse for Ethanol Production
A Comparison between Lime and Alkaline Hydrogen Peroxide Pretreatments of Sugarcane Bagasse for Ethanol Production
S. C. Rabelo,R. M. Filho,A. Costa
2008 · DOI: 10.1007/s12010-008-8200-9
Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology · 98 Citations
TLDR
The results show that when hexoses and pentoses are of interest, lime should be the pretreatment agent chosen, as high TRS yields are obtained for nonscreened bagasse using 0.40 g lime/g dry biomass at 70 °C for 36 h.